θρύον
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
English (LSJ)
[ῠ], τό,
A reed, rush, Il.21.351, Hp.Steril.246, Thphr.HP4.11.12, Arist.Mir.844a27: in sg. collectively, ἔπλεκεν Call.Aet.3.1.24, cf. D.S.3.10, Theoc.13.40 (pl.), AP9.723 (Antip. Sid.); [γῆν] καθαρὰν ἀπὸ θρύου (Pap. θροίου) PTeb.105.26 (ii B.C.), POxy.910.41 (ii A.D.): pl. written θροία UPZ98.12 (ii B.C.). II = στρύχνον μανικόν, thornapple, Datura Stramonium, Orph.A.916, Thphr.HP9.11.6 (θρύορον, βρύορον codd.), Dsc.4.73.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1220] τό, Binse, Il. 21, 351, neben λωτός u. κύπειρος; Ep. ad. 222 (IX, 723). Auch a. Sp., wie D. Sic. 3, 10. – Bei Theophr. ein anderes Kraut, auch θρύορος geschrieben.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θρύον: τό, βοῦρλον, ἢ εἶδος βοτάνης, καίετο δὲ λωτὸς τε ἰδὲ θρύον ἠδὲ κύπειρον «εἶδος πόας, ὁ λεγόμενος θρύσις» (Σχόλ.) Ἰλ. Φ. 351, Ἀριστ. π. Θαυμ. 136, Διόδ. 3. 10· ἴδε θρῖον, ἐν τέλ. ΙΙ. = στρύχνος μανικός, ἴσως ὁ δηλητηριώδης, Ὀρφ. Ἀργ. 929, Θεοφρ. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 9. 11, 6, (ἔνθα θρύορον διάφ. γρ.), Διοσκ. 4. 74.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
jonc.
Étymologie: cf. skr. dhvar « courber », litt. « la plante flexible ».
English (Autenrieth)
rush, collectively, rushes, Il. 21.351†.
Spanish
Greek Monotonic
θρύον: τό, βούρλο, Λατ. juncus, σε Ομήρ. Ιλ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
θρύον: τό тростник, камыш Hom., Arst., Diod., Plut.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: reed, rush (Il.).
Compounds: As 1. member in θρυο-πώλης seller of r. (pap.).
Derivatives: θρυόεις rich in reeds (Nic.), f. Θρυόεσσα place on the Alpheios (Λ 711; Leumann Hom. Wörter 301), also called Θρύον (Β 592; cf. Solmsen Wortforsch. 85); θρυώδης id. (Str.); θρύϊνος of reeds, θρυϊ̃τις grown with r. (γῆ, pap.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 118). From θρυάλλις or from the diminutive θρυαλλίδιον (Luc.) as backformation θρύαλλον n. shower of smuts ? (Vett. Val. 345, 22). - Fur. 135 adduces θρύσιος EM 456, 31 and θρύσις sch. Il. 21, 351. - On θρυαλλίς s.v.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: For the form one compares βρύον, but further unclear. After Sommer Lautstud. 60f. from IE *trusom to OCS trьstь f. reed, cane, Lith. tr(i)ušìs id., "sachlich völlig befriedigend (unbegründete Bedenken bei WP. 1, 762), aber lautlich und morphologisch sehr fraglich" (Frisk). - The variants with -σ- (Fur. above) point to a Pre-Greek word, and this is what we would expect of such a word.
